Tao Xiaoxi's 100 yuan caused quite a stir in the Li family. One faction, led by the eldest brother and his wife, argued that the money shouldn't be returned, as they were also at fault, and Tao Xiaoxi was the victim, so she deserved it. The other faction, led by the second brother and his wife, argued that it was only natural for them to get the money back, as they, too, had been deceived.
Mrs. Li always follows the old man's opinion, so the whole family's attention fell on Old Man Li.
Old man Li looked at the money as if it were research on biological weapons. He wanted to take it but was afraid of burning his hands and hurting himself. If he didn't take it, he couldn't bear to do so. Finally, he looked at his youngest son Nanshan and asked him what he thought.
Li Nanshan glanced at everyone and said he didn't have any ideas. It didn't matter whether they wanted it or not, as long as they didn't ask him to return it.
Whenever he thought of Tao Xiaoxi's clear, innocent eyes, he felt as if he were possessed by a ghost. She was clearly the same person, but he couldn't equate her with the original person. This made him believe in metaphysics.
Seeing this, the second sister-in-law Yang Rongzhi was afraid that the meat in her mouth would fly away and the new clothes in her hands would be gone. She walked up to her brother-in-law with careful steps, puffed out her breasts, and said with a smile, "Nanshan, you are the most educated in the family. You have your say, and we will listen to you."
"Are you really going to listen to me?" Li Nanshan stepped back unnoticeably.
"Listen, Dad and Mom, don't you agree?" the second sister-in-law flattered. As the number one contributor to the Li family, she was already very proud because she had given birth to two boys in three years. How could she listen to Li Nanshan? It was just because the family salary was earned by her brother-in-law, and she was just trying to please him.
No one spoke.
In this case, Li Nanshan spoke, "Then let's go back."
Sure enough, upon seeing this, Yang Rongzhi's smiling face fell and she said sarcastically, "It's the end of the year now, and we haven't bought anything for the New Year yet. We haven't even found new clothes for Da Mao and Er Mao. We can't let the kids spend the New Year wearing tattered old clothes. I can afford to lose face, but the Li family can't."
Li Nanshan got up and walked away, "You decide." He didn't care anymore.
Everyone's attention fell back on Old Man Li.
"Just listen to Nanshan and return it. Consider it a loss to avoid disaster."
"That's right, losing money is better than disaster. The New Year is coming soon, so don't let anything else happen." Mrs. Li quickly agreed.
"Then let's see who goes back, second son?" Old man Li looked at his second son.
The second sister-in-law's face darkened. She turned around, pulled her husband out, and muttered to herself, "I think we should just not celebrate the New Year. What's the point of celebrating? It's useless..."
"Then boss, you should go back." Old man Li shook his head. After this incident, he was obviously more cautious.
"Dad, let me take it back." Sister-in-law Zhou Lan volunteered.
"Okay, okay, you send it back." Old man Li seemed to have thrown away a hot potato, and there was even a hint of smile between his eyebrows.
No one knew that he was carrying a heavy burden in his heart, a debt he owed Tao Xiaoxi. He wished he could repay her with this one hundred yuan.
Sister-in-law Zhou Lan had a hundred yuan in her pocket and something important on her mind. She also wanted to ask Tao Xiaoxi to buy some herbs so that she could get pregnant by the end of the year.
Although she is not a doctor, she clearly felt that these two times were different from usual. The feeling of hitting the target with real guns and bullets cannot be faked. It not only makes people happy, but also full of hope.
Tao Xiaoxi was squatting on the ground fiddling with the herbs spread out on a straw mat to dry. The house was now empty. Sun Wangcai was in jail, and Mrs. Sun had gone mad, wandering around all day and never coming home. Tao Xiaoxi just happened to pick some herbs from the space and dry them for later use.
When the sister-in-law saw these herbs, her eyes widened and she wanted to roll on them.
"Xiao Xi, I didn't expect you to have this ability. I've never heard you mention it before." Zhou Lan walked up and said with a smile.
Tao Xiaoxi looked up and saw that it was her. She smiled and continued to fiddle with the herbs in her hand. "I didn't have this idea before, but now I have figured it out. Rely on mountains and they will fall. Rely on men and they will run away. You have to rely on yourself in the end." This was a summary of the past.
"That's right. It's better to rely on yourself than on others. Your craftsmanship is amazing." Zhou Lan praised.
"Sister-in-law, do you have something to talk to me about?" Tao Xiaoxi did not lose herself in the praise of her sister-in-law. Old Sun's cave house was not a good place to digest food after a meal. The original owner had been married here for many years and had never met anyone to chat with.
Before the eldest sister-in-law could finish her words, her face turned red. She squatted down and whispered, "Do you still have the medicine you gave me last time?"
"Yes, there is, but this medicine can be harmful to your body if you use it all the time."
The eldest sister-in-law's eyes dimmed. "There's nothing we can do. We should try our best. Who made me suffer from this bad pregnancy?"
"You want to have a baby?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I take medicine as food?"
Although Tao Xiaoxi couldn't empathize with him, it wasn't hard for her to understand. She clapped her hands and stood up, "Then come in with me."
After entering the house, Tao Xiaoxi took Zhou Lan's pulse and then gave her some medicine.
"Is this medicine the same as the previous one?" The sister-in-law didn't quite understand.
"It's different. To put it bluntly, the medicine you took before was just a temporary pleasure. This medicine can really help you get pregnant. If you have sour jujube seeds at home, adding some will make the medicine more effective." Tao Xiaoxi reminded.
The sister-in-law looked at the prescription, which contained no more than five herbs, and was a little unsure. "The medicines I took before had at least a dozen kinds mixed together. Yours is much cleaner."
Tao Xiaoxi smiled and said, "The key to treating an illness is to prescribe the right medicine for the right condition. If it's the right medicine, one can cure it. Otherwise, taking too much will be useless and will only increase the burden on the body to detoxify."
"That's right, I was just saying it casually. Don't take it to heart, sister." The sister-in-law explained again, fearing that Tao Xiaoxi might misunderstand.
Tao Xiaoxi smiled and said, "No, you can take it back and take a course of treatment first." But what she was thinking in her heart was that maybe they would become brothers-in-law in the future, so it would be an initial investment.
"How much?" asked the sister-in-law.
"You eat it first, and we'll talk about it when you get pregnant."
The eldest sister-in-law was embarrassed. She had never encountered such a good thing before. She felt sorry for a moment and said gratefully, "Thank you very much, sister. I am indeed not well off right now, but I still have to pay for the medicine. It is not easy for you to collect it."
"It's okay, let's eat first." Tao Xiaoxi said cheerfully.
When she was about to leave, the sister-in-law remembered that she was there to repay the money, so she took out the money and handed it to Tao Xiaoxi.
Tao Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, "Who meant that?"
"It's from Nanshan. It's everyone's idea. We all think you should get the money."
Tao Xiaoxi only remembered the words "from Nanshan". Haha, is this guy so eager to cut off ties with her?
That night, Tao Xiaoxi tossed and turned on the kang, unable to fall asleep. She didn't know if it was because the kang was not warm enough or because she went to bed too early. Beibei had already fallen asleep, breathing evenly, but she was still not able to make an appointment with Zhou Gong.
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